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Factory workers walk on the wing of a Tupolev Tu-154M narrow-body aircraft during scheduled maintenance at the OJSC Aviakor aviation plant, part of the Russian Machines holding, in Samara, Russia

Factory workers walk on the wing of a Tupolev Tu-154M narrow-body aircraft during scheduled maintenance at the OJSC Aviakor aviation plant, part of the Russian Machines holding, in Samara, Russia, on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Units of Russian Machines, which include the Nizhny Novogorod-based automaker OAO Gaz, employ more than 75,000 people in 14 regions throughout Russia, according to the Russian Machines website. Source: Getty Images/Fotobank